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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
This conflict was part of the American Revolutionary War and the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. The [[French]] and [[Dutch]] sided with the Americans and the British acted against their South Asian colonial possessions. | This conflict was part of the American Revolutionary War and the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. The [[French]] and [[Dutch]] sided with the Americans and the British acted against their South Asian colonial possessions. | ||
| − | + | == Biographies == | |
| + | Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br> | ||
| + | [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/209/mode/1up Edward Hughes (1720?-1794)]<br> | ||
| + | [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/306/mode/2up Hector Munro (1726-1805)]<br> | ||
| + | [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/408/mode/2up Pierre Adre de Suffrein (1726-1788)]<b | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War#India_and_the_Netherlands East Indies Campaign 1778-83] Wikipedia<br> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War#India_and_the_Netherlands East Indies Campaign 1778-83] Wikipedia<br> | ||
Revision as of 12:08, 1 March 2010
| East Indies Campaign | |
|---|---|
| 1778-83 | |
| Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns | |
| [[Image:|250px| ]] | |
| Location: South India and Ceylon | |
| Combatants: | |
| British Navy and the East India Company | French and Dutch |
| Result: British increased influence | |
| Medals: | |
| Links: | |
| Category: East Indies Campaign | |
Summary
This conflict was part of the American Revolutionary War and the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. The French and Dutch sided with the Americans and the British acted against their South Asian colonial possessions.
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Edward Hughes (1720?-1794)
Hector Munro (1726-1805)
Pierre Adre de Suffrein (1726-1788)<b
External Links
East Indies Campaign 1778-83 Wikipedia
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War Google Books
Historical Books on-line
Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Military Operations in Ceylon archive.org
